A vivacious young mother confessed to me during a counselling session, she said “Pastor Jabari, my husband and I have been married nine years, and have four children, but I guess I have never experienced a climax (sexual satisfaction)”. Her husband longs for romance. This is a dangerous state. A married man or woman should not be wandering around with an unfulfilled libido. An ideal woman knows that sex is vital to her marriage. Unless both she and he are satisfied during intercourse, their marriage is at the end of the robe.
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall CLEAVE unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both NAKED, the man and his wife, and were NOT ASHAMED“. Gen. 2 v 24 - 25
What does this tell us? God invented sex to bring pleasure to the man and his wife. In the Garden of Eden, sex was without shame or guilt. Three words described sexual freedom in marriage in the above scripture. They are cleaving, naked and not ashamed. Let us defined these words in detail: -
Cleave Hb. dabaq meaning “to keep close” with an abstract idea of “loyalty, devotion”. In Genesis 2 v 24, the usage reflects the basic meaning of one object’s being joined to another through sex. In this sense, the word is rendered like “and shall have sex with his wife”.
Naked Hb. erom meaning exposed for examination. This word represents the male and female physiological structure. In its first Biblical appearance, erom implies “undefended parts”. The word represents the more general idea of being without clothes, with no necessary suggestion of shamefulness; it means a state of being unclothed. This word signifies that:
• Adam and Eve did not hide their bodies from each other.
• They examine each other’s bodies to identify their erogenous zones.
• They did not hide their minds and feelings about their sexual needs and stimulation to each other. All was made bare! Their honeymoon was kicked off and sustained on the basis and bedrock of total nakedness to each other.
Ashame Hb. bosh meaning painful emotion generated by guilt and condemnation. Condemnation can only affect you if what you are doing is against God’s design e.g. fornication, adultery and any promiscuity. Such sins generate guilt and condemnation. In the case of Adam and Eve, there was no guilt, no condemnation because their union was a perfect marriage. There should be no shame in sex in marriage. Husband and wife should find comfort in being naked together. Are you ashamed of exposing your body to your partner? Get rid of every guilt and shame to make your marriage a Garden of Eden.
What does this tell us? God invented sex to bring pleasure to the man and his wife. In the Garden of Eden, sex was without shame or guilt. Three words described sexual freedom in marriage in the above scripture. They are cleaving, naked and not ashamed. Let us defined these words in detail: -
Cleave Hb. dabaq meaning “to keep close” with an abstract idea of “loyalty, devotion”. In Genesis 2 v 24, the usage reflects the basic meaning of one object’s being joined to another through sex. In this sense, the word is rendered like “and shall have sex with his wife”.
Naked Hb. erom meaning exposed for examination. This word represents the male and female physiological structure. In its first Biblical appearance, erom implies “undefended parts”. The word represents the more general idea of being without clothes, with no necessary suggestion of shamefulness; it means a state of being unclothed. This word signifies that:
• Adam and Eve did not hide their bodies from each other.
• They examine each other’s bodies to identify their erogenous zones.
• They did not hide their minds and feelings about their sexual needs and stimulation to each other. All was made bare! Their honeymoon was kicked off and sustained on the basis and bedrock of total nakedness to each other.
Ashame Hb. bosh meaning painful emotion generated by guilt and condemnation. Condemnation can only affect you if what you are doing is against God’s design e.g. fornication, adultery and any promiscuity. Such sins generate guilt and condemnation. In the case of Adam and Eve, there was no guilt, no condemnation because their union was a perfect marriage. There should be no shame in sex in marriage. Husband and wife should find comfort in being naked together. Are you ashamed of exposing your body to your partner? Get rid of every guilt and shame to make your marriage a Garden of Eden.
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